Thanks, Greta.
Grandma. I'm sorry, I don't know which...
I haven't heard from you in...
...10 or 12 years.
I know.
Look, my dad, he hid your letters from me.
I just found them this summer.
I see.
So I guess we can skip...
...junior high and high school.
How's college?
It's good. I haven't declared a major yet, but...
Got a fella?
No, not at the moment.
Listen, you ought to kick up some trouble now...
...because in 40 years, they'll all tell you you're old.
You made that the summer you visited.
You must have been about 6 or 7 years old.
I've been here before?
Well, that was a long time ago.
"Return to sender."
Super.
O, the fates. How would he look to see his work, so noble, vilely bound up?
Stop.
Again.
O, the fates. How would he look to see his work, so noble...
Stop. Again.
O, the fates. How would he look to see his...
Stop right there. Carmen, is there a problem?
No. I don't know. Did I say the wrong line?
No.
You're supposed to sound like a woman in love.
You sound like a woman who's about to have a root canal.
Again.
O, the fates. How would he look to s...
I hear the drill.
Again!
Carmen, wait.
I'm sorry. I don't mean to be screwing everything up like this.
You've got great instincts. You just need to trust them.
Why don't we work on it together, tonight?
No. It's okay. I should just work on it alone. Thanks.
- Oh, my God, that was torture. - Hey.
- All I could think about was drawing you. - Sorry to interfere with your concentration.
That's okay. I don't mind.
Okay.
Well, I guess you have to get back to class, huh?
Yes.
I guess.
I'll see you later.
I'll see you.
Lena!
There was no choice but to be married.
My grandfather, I think he could see I did not love her.
And then that day at the funeral, she saw it too.
That my heart would always belong to someone else.
And that is when she told me...
...there never was a baby.
We had the marriage annulled.
I wanted to tell you right away.
But I was afraid. I didn't think I had the right to ask your forgiveness.
- Maybe it's too much to hope you could... - Forgive you?
I forgive you.
- Lena, I thought... - That I'd be waiting for you to come here?
No. I didn't expect anything.
I just wanted you to know the truth.
Well...
...thank you.
The truth is we loved each other a long time ago.
And my life is so different now.
Lena, I'm sorry.
I'm so sorry.
No, it's okay. It's fine.
Don't worry about it. I have to get to class.
New York is so cool.
Mom and I, we came up to see Hairspray and do a little shopping.
- Can I get you guys anything? - Just give us a minute.
Okay.
So you and Brian broke up, huh?
I guess.
Do you think you're over it yet? Over him, I mean?
Like you wouldn't be upset or anything if you found out he was dating someone else?
Effie, what's this about?
I guess it's about wanting to know if...
If you'd be okay with me dating Brian?
Of course I said I didn't mind. I just think it's a little weird, you know?
She's not even his type.
And she's really young, which is gross.
I can't believe he would actually ask her out. Do you think he would ask her out?
Whatever. It doesn't matter. I don't really care.
I'm just curious, you know.
It kind of sounds like you care, Tibby. Otherwise you wouldn't be here freaking out.
Like you're the poster girl for even tempers?
I'm just saying you can't have it both ways.
If you didn't want Brian dating other girls, then you shouldn't have broken up with him.
Pretty simple.
You don't have a clue why Brian and I broke up.
Well, do you?
Carmen, I was just kind of hoping for some support.
Not a lecture and some psychobabble.
I didn't drive all the way up here in rush hour traffic just so you could read your book!
I'm studying my lines, Tibby. What do you want me to do, just stop my life?
It's not like I was exactly expecting you! I haven't heard from you in what, a month?
Where the hell is this coming from?
The fact that you even have to ask that question pretty much says everything.
Carmen! Hey, I brought you a scone. Hi.
Thank you. Julia, this is Tibby. Tibby, this is Julia.
You're the video-store girl.
The video-store girl.
I have to go. I have to work on my script.
Wow. So you're a writer too?
Nice restaurant.
You know, it's not too crowded either, which is nice.
It's great.
- How are you? - Good.
I can't believe you did all this.
Well, nothing's too good for my muse.
What? Is that what I am?
Well, I've been feeling really inspired lately, so...
Why do I get the feeling like something's not right? You okay?
Yeah. I'm fine.
I'm sorry, I'm just thinking.
About what exactly?
What's going on?
Nothing.
This idea of a muse, it's romantic, isn't it?
Yeah. Yeah, it's a little romantic, I guess.
I've heard worse.
Have you ever been in love?
I love being in love.
Yeah, but...
...do you think that there's one person that we're each meant to be with?
One person? No, not really.
I know that's not the answer you wanted to hear.
No, it's the way you feel.
I like that you're honest.
But...
...you may not be into it?
No, I am.
I wanna be.
That's two different things, right?
But, I mean, Lena, you don't need to apologize for what you want.
But I don't even know what I want. I'm sorry.
And I'm sorry I keep saying I'm sorry so much.
Then stop saying you're sorry.
You don't need to apologize.
Unless you don't like the food. Then you should definitely apologize.
Food's great.
Uh-huh. Yeah, I'm gonna wear black.
Excuse me?
Hold on, Mom.
Yes, I will be at the anniversary party. Call you later.
Do you know if this movie's any good?
Well, that depends.
I mean, yes, if you like nauseatingly smarmy love stories...
...that have absolutely no basis in reality.
Oh. Well, what if you're in the mood for, you know, something romantic?
I would go with Texas Chainsaw Massacre, the remake.
- It works for me. - Thank you! Tibby, thank you.
I apologize. Is there something I can help you find?
Just forget about it, man. Come on, let's get out of here.
Okay.
Freaking the customers out, not one of the sales techniques we discussed.
I'm sorry.
Why don't you take the rest of the month off?
What? No, but...
Yeah, things around here have been slow anyway.
Though with you gone, they might just pick up again.
Yeah.
Oh, please. Please, take anything you want. Take it all.
- Really? - I'm lightening my load.
Thank you.
I didn't know she went to prom.
What?
Oh, yeah.
She sure did. She was so excited. She bought five dresses.
Took them all back, she bought five more.
But after that, she went into a downward spiral, got so depressed.
Slept right through her graduation.
Yep, well, that was Marly.
Two speeds, high or very low.
Mom!
Honey.
Bee. What, honey? What is it? What is it?
I remember it now.
There was a storm, just like this one, and she left me.
Even then she didn't care about me.
No, that's not true.
Why didn't you stop her from leaving me? Why didn't you try harder?
It was complicated. I tried to help her, she wouldn't let me.
But I was always trying.
- Listen to me, she loved you. - Then why didn't she stay alive for me?
Because she was sick...
...and there was nothing that you could've done to make her better.
You hear me?
That summer, your father brought you to me.
Things had gotten bad with your mom...
...and he wanted you to be here while he tried to get her into a hospital.
She wouldn't let us in her life unless we pretended that she wasn't sick.
Your father had to pretend.
I couldn't.
She wasn't strong like you are.
You're different.
The only reason she hung on as long as she did is because she loved you.
She loved you. You hear me?
Brian's on his way to pick me up and I can't find my hoops. Can I steal yours?
Wait, Effie, you're going to Tibby's parents' anniversary party with Brian?
Yeah, she said she was over him.
Effie! That's not the point. You don't date your friend's exes.
Well, they're your friends, not mine.
You've shut me out of your little group my whole life...
...so that rule doesn't really apply to me.
Brian! Effie!
- Brian. - Hey. How are you?
- So, what'd you think? - I thought it was great. Everyone was good.
Hey, Effie.
Happy anniversary, Mrs. Rollins.
- Hey. - Hello.
You know, I didn't know if you'd be here, so...
How's the script?
Good.
It's a romantic comedy.
Which is an oxymoron.
Right.
- What's...? - Uh...
- I should pr... Huh? - L...
- No, go ahead. - What? No, I...
Jinx.
Back at you.
Effie's waiting for you.
What?
Effie.
I'm gonna get more quiche.
- Hello? - Carmen?
Are you okay? What's wrong?
I'm at the hospital, honey, the baby's coming early.
Now? Well, where's David?
He's flying back from a business trip.
Okay, okay, I'm coming.
Mom, I'm about to start a dress rehearsal.
I'll figure something out. I'll be there. I'm coming.
You do what you have to do. I'll be okay. I just wanted to let you know.
Okay, I love you! Oh, God.
What? Yes.
Tibby, it's me. I'm sorry to call you like this, but I don't know who else to call.
What is it, Carmen? What's going on?
It's my mom. She just went into labor early, and I can't be at the hospital.
- I'll be there in five minutes. - Okay, thank you.
I'm coming!
Again? Oh, boy, you're having another one of those, huh?
How's it going in here?
Those ice chips are not doing squat!
Look at her. You have to give her one of those, the needle.
She elected to do...
...natural childbirth.
Are you crazy?
Lady, dear Queen, who ended when I but began...
"Give me that hand of yours."
- Give me that hand of yours... - "To kiss."
- ...to kiss. - Stop.
Okay, Christina, I'm told you are ready to push.
No, no, no. I have to wait for David.
She's gonna wait for David. She should wait for David.
Do you have something to help her wait?
You need to stop fighting and let go. Push.
I can't!
Christina, listen to me, you can! You can do this.
I'm here, okay? I'm here for you. Okay? Just start pushing.
I'm not gonna leave you. We're gonna do this together.
Okay, you and me, we're gonna do this.
Okay. Okay. You ready?
All right, you're gonna push.
Beseech you of your own state take care.
This dream of mine, being now awake...
Um...
I'll queen it no inch further, but...
There he is.
My beautiful baby boy.
He's really tiny.
And purple... Perfect!
Oh, my God, he looks like marble.
Carmen would be so proud of you.
She would've been proud of both of us.
I couldn't have done it without you, Tibby.
Thank you.
Thank you so much for being there, Tib. She was so lucky to have you.
No, no, no, don't wake her up. Just give her a kiss.
And give the baby a kiss too.
Okay. I'll see you soon.
Good news?
Yeah, I have a baby brother.
Congratulations!
Thank you. I'm sorry, I don't know why I'm crying.
God. I just...
I can't believe I wasn't there.
You know, my whole life it's been me and my mom...
...looking after each other.
And I don't know, I just...
I recently feel so far away from her...
...and my friends.
Not unlike Perdita.
Who lost her mother for 16 years?
I guess.
I don't even know why I'm telling you all of this.
It's bad enough I single-handedly am ruining our show.
Everyone knows you're upset. But dress rehearsals are supposed to suck.
Let me take you out to dinner and we can talk about it.
I'm okay. Besides, you probably have plans with Julia.
Julia?
I barely know the girl. We had dinner once because she fairly begged me.
What, she asked you?
Carmen, if there's anyone I've been wanting to go out with, it's you.
I understand this isn't the right time.
I'll see you tomorrow.
Wow, that was just awful.
I am simply flummoxed.
My instincts about actors are never wrong.
Bill, you can't beat yourself up.
I probably should have said something from the beginning.
I love Carmen, but she's very insecure.
At the end of the day, maybe she just doesn't have what it takes.
Dad?
Oh, I must have dozed off.
How was your trip?
- Good. - Good.
Both of them, actually.
I went to visit Greta.
- Bridget, I was only trying to... - Dad, it's okay.
She helped me so much...
...to understand these things that you and I were never able to talk about.
And what are these things you think you understand now?
That you loved Mom more than I ever knew.
And you couldn't have saved her.
No one could have.
It's just who she was.
If we're gonna get through this, Dad...
...we have to start taking care of each other, okay?
Don't you think that that's what she would have wanted?
Yeah.
Yeah, I think that's what she would've wanted.
I love you, Daddy.
I love you.
I'm really sorry.
That night...
...I think I felt a little more than I bargained for.
Maybe I thought I was being punished...
...for feeling too much.
Why didn't you just talk to me, Tib?
Because I can't lie to you as well as I can lie to myself.
You need to have a little faith, Tib.
Not everyone you love is going to leave you.
I know that now.
So wanna get some breakfast?
Yeah. Breakfast sounds great.
This is your baby brother, Nena. Ryan Christopher Sands.
I tried to get him to wait a little longer, but this one's got a mind of his own.
Just like somebody else I know.
He reminds me so much of you, Nena.
When they put you in my arms for the first time...
...I never saw anything so beautiful in my whole life.
And I knew that from then on, my heart would be full.
So you go out on that stage now...
...and you show them how beautiful you are.
We'll be waiting for you...
...at home.
I love you.
Say goodbye. Bye, Carmen.
Hi. So I just want to say...
...break a leg, and...
...you deserve your day in the sun, so...
Your night in the sun.
You deserve your night in the sun.
Bye.
Jesus, Carmen, where the hell have you been? You're on in 30 seconds.
Oh, my God. Oh, my God, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
These your unusual weeds...
...to each part of you do give a life.
This your sheep-shearing is as a meeting of the petty gods, and you the queen on't.
Sir, my gracious lord...
...your high self, the gracious mark o' the land...
...you have obscured with a swain's wearing...
...and me, poor lowly maid, most goddess-like prank'd up.
O, the Fates.
How should he look, to see his work, so noble, vilely bound up?
What would he say?
See, your guests approach.
Address yourself to entertain them sprightly, and let's be red with mirth.
- Great job. - You too.
Carmen, that was incredible.
Sometimes words fail.
Effie?
Effie, what's wrong?
What happened?
Brian's going back to Tibby.
Can't he see that she doesn't love him?
Well, you don't know that, Effie.
You don't treat someone like that if you love them!
Well, it's not that simple.
You're actually taking her side on this, aren't you?
No, I'm not taking sides.
Even though I'm your sister, you've always chosen them over me.
Effie, that's not...
I wish I was on my way to Greece...
...so I could be out of this house and away from you.
You know, you've barely said two words to me all week.
You get a couple good reviews and suddenly I'm not good enough to be your friend?
Actually, I didn't read the reviews. Were they any good?
That's not the point, Carmen.
In case you forgot, I brought you here.
So you wouldn't have any of this if it weren't for me.
But you didn't really give me anything.
I am who I've always been, and, sure, maybe for a minute, I was a little insecure.
I know you did what you could to keep me that way.
Right?
Look, Julia, I'm very sorry if my tiny bit of success...
...feels like I've taken something from you.
But if there's one thing I've learned this summer...
...it's that no one can diminish you but yourself.
And you taught me that.
So thank you.
Lena.
- Lena, I am so sorry. - What's wrong?
I did something really terrible.
What did you do?
Well, I was mad at you and at Tibby and everyone...
...and I took them.
Took what?
The pants.
You took them? You have the pa... You have them over there in Greece?
That's the terrible part.
You see, I wore them on the ferry and they got wet...
...so when I got to Yia Yia's, I hung them on the clothesline.
- I never thought that... - That what?
Well, I don't know if the wind blew them away or what, but they're gone.
Look, they're not lost. She'll find them. How big is Santorini?
They're lost.
Are you sure she even really looked? This is Effie we're talking about. No offense.
I hate to say this, but this never would've happened...
...if the rotation wasn't screwed up. You were supposed to send them to me.
I didn't get the press release you were in Ala-fricking-bama.
- Yeah, me neither. - It must have been lost...
...along with "Tibby has a pregnancy scare."
Excuse me?
What pregnancy scare?
I didn't want to worry you.
- You didn't have a problem telling Lena. - I was here!
I tried to tell you, when I came up to your place, you know.
- I wanted to tell you, we got in that fight... - I e-mailed everybody.
It's not my fault I have a lame server.
Oh, well, thank God for e-mail!
You can have an entire relationship and not even look at somebody.
E-mails, guys, really? That's lame.
Can we just focus on the pants?
No, maybe this is a sign, you know. That we should just forget about it.
What are you talking about, Tibby?
The pants, okay?
"The pants"! They're supposed to bring us together, and look, look at us!
Look at us.
All the more reason to try and find them.
My sister lost them. I'll go to Greece and find them.
My beautiful granddaughter!
Is Effie inside?
Effie? That girl. She left for Athens this morning.
She was too afraid to face you.
Not very Greek of her, of course. Naturally.
- Come, your room is ready. Come here. - Thank you.
- It's Effie. - Effie?
Here, take him.
Come on.
Yes.
Effie, what's up? Did she find the pants?
I don't know, I'm in Athens.
Listen, I would've never taken the pants...
...if I knew what she was going through, but she never said a word.
- So Kostos isn't married. - Nope.
And he went all the way to RISD to tell Lena that?
Two weeks ago. Effie ran into him in Greece, and he told her the story.
He came out here and Lena won't even give him a second chance?
- Gee, imagine that. - Shut up.
I just wish Lena had said something to us.
I know.
Well, she shouldn't have to.
Yia Yia. How do you say "lost pants" in Greek?
Greek girls do not lose their pants.
Sure this guy knows where we're going?
Yep, he says we just stay on this main path...
- ...then we take a left at the third bend. - Oh, so you speak Greek now?
Come on, we've got bigger problems.
One of your donkeys just did something way nasty.
Shit!
Oh, that's gonna leave a mark.
- Opa! Lena! - Bridget!
What are you guys doing here?
- You think we'd let you do this alone? - Oh, my God! Hi!
It turns out my stepdad had a million frequent flier miles...
...and they were about to expire, so he gave them to us.
Hi, Tibby!
I just fell off a donkey!
Are you okay?
Are we having fun yet?
Okay, about 500 more.
There.
Excuse me. Do you know somebody named Kostos or Kostas?
- Tibs, everybody here is named Kostos. - Bridget, please!
Kostos Dunas.
Kostos? Yes. Nice boy.
You miss him by 10 minutes.
Naturally.
He go to sell his fish, to restaurant.
Carmen!
We got a lead. This guy over here just told us...
...He Who Must Not Be Named's at the restaurant.
Excuse me! There is a tourist!
What?
With the pants, that I found that has the pants...
...and he's at the restaurant.
So if we go to the restaurant, we'll find this particular tourist with the jeans...
...who might be there, will probably be there. He'll be there.
Are you guys okay?
- What? - What?
- We're fine. - Let's go to the restaurant.
Hey, you guys, look, green hat. Is that him?
Oh, my God.
I've only seen pictures, but it totally looks like him.
- He's hot. - Everyone, be calm, okay?
I'll do the talking.
- No! - What?
- We'll go and do the talking. - Where are we going?
We're going to you to warn you that Kostos is standing right over there.
Oh.
Well, that's okay.
We'll just calmly and quietly turn around and just go right back...
- No. He's already seen you. Go. - Good luck.
Effie told me you were coming.
I kept hoping I see you before I have to leave tomorrow.
I almost called to ask you to meet me at my boat.
But I wasn't sure you remember which one it was.
I remember.
So you said you were leaving tomorrow.
Yes.
I got into the graduate program at the London School of Economics.
Oh, really?
That's great.
Anyway, I should go.
It's good to see you, Lena.
I really hope you'll be happy.
You too.
Lena?
There's a full moon tonight. It's called a "sailor's moon."
Maybe it will bring you good luck, eh?
Help you find what you are really looking for.
- Hey. - Hey.
Um... Well, that's that.
Let's just go.
That's that? That's that?
Okay, Lena, will you say something, please? What happened?
Nothing happened.
Nothing happened? Do you have any idea how long we've been looking for this guy...?
Slick.
Wait. That's why you guys were acting so weird?
You've been planning this this whole time?
- No. - Yes.
- Yes? - We didn't come to Greece just for the pants.
Wait, I don't believe this! Why would you guys lie to me?
Because, Lena, we knew you couldn't do it on your own.
And why didn't you tell us that Kostos wasn't married, Lena?
- Because it doesn't matter. - Yes, it does matter.
No, it doesn't matter. He's... It's over.
- Well, it didn't look over to me. - Me neither.
Nope.
You don't know what you're talking about. No way you could understand.
What's to understand?
Why can't you just stop thinking about it...
...and follow your heart? - Because he broke my heart! He...
It hurts. I don't ever want to feel this way again.
I don't think I could go through this again.
Lena, this just happens once in a lifetime, you know.
I think that you owe it to yourself to at least try.
Lena Kaligaris.
We are terrible at not loving each other.
I tried to stop, but I couldn't.
I tried too.
So, what do we do?
We figure it out.
Well, now that Kostos is taken care of...
- Oh, shut up. - Kostos!
- Stop. - What are we gonna do about the pants?
I don't know. We've been here for five days. What if we don't find them?
I hate the idea of leaving without them.
God, I hate the idea of leaving at all.
Oh, my...
What an idiot.
- Bridget? - Bridge, don't.
- Bridget. - Hey.
- Are you crazy? - Don't! No, Bridget.
- Don't do this! It's not funny. - Stop!
I'm not the only one that's going in.
- I'm not the only one that's going in. - What are you doing?
- Come on, we're all gonna go. - Jump.
No, I'm not doing this. I'll dip my toes in the water or something.
Oh, my God, be careful.
One, two, three!
Oh, my God, I can't do that!
Come on, Carmen, jump! Hurry!
Sometimes I like to think that the pants got lost on purpose...
...that this was their final gift to us...
...bringing us back together...
...back to a place of forgiveness and love...
...and an understanding that what we shared was all the magic we could ever need.
And as we spent those last few moments of summer...
...looking out at the blending of sea and sky...
...I realized it was a color I knew very well:
The softly faded essential blue...
...of a well-worn pair of pants.
The pants had brought us together again.
The rest...
...was in our hands.